I actually work at one of the small ones right now
If you went to an interactive animal area, I might have greeted you lol
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If you went to an interactive animal area, I might have greeted you lol
Oh wait really? Maybe I did see you then?I actually work at one of the small ones right now
Yeah, I'm a seasonal keeper! If you went to a petting zoo and/or a lorikeet aviary, you were in my territory
Being a grown man by myself I didn’t go to the petting zoo, but I did go into the lorikeet aviary! You might have seen me around, I was wearing a button shirt with dogs on it.Yeah, I'm a seasonal keeper! If you went to a petting zoo and/or a lorikeet aviary, you were in my territory
Not really - at the time the two current males were born there was nowhere to send them. They neutered them to avoid inbreeding and so they could remain with the pride. No berries means no testosterone means no mane.
The elder female on the other hand produces more testosterone as a result of age and seniority. This also happens in humans and is why many women get hairier as they age.
Orana hasn't tried breeding lions for like a decade. They're also very low budget, though, and in terms of breeding programmes they stick to their successes - native birds and hoofstock. At one point they had the single most successful cheetah breeding programme in the southern hemisphere - including Africa - but that hasn't been the case for a while, either (I'm not even sure the cheetah programme is still going; fairly certain both Auckland and Wellington Zoo have only ever held one sex). They have some success with siamangs, as mentioned, as well.
You know Omaha is known to be the best in North America, let alone in the “Western Hemisphere? It’s an amazing zoo and every zoo enthusiast agrees it’s a top 10 zoo worldwide. Only San Diego and Bronx are compared with Omaha, with always one of those 3 at number one.
Oh yeah I would say it’s worth the hype!
I went to a kind of zoo yesterday morning. I saw the beautiful Cape Foxes more clearly this time around compared to last time we went. Last time, she was sleeping in her den. This time she and her new friend were running around waiting to be fed.
I also saw a new species I haven't seen before! The African Civet! My brother thought it looked like a raccoon, haha. Seeing one in person make we want them in game even more... They are really unique and I think their coloration is pretty.
Not the best pic I know...
Here is a better pic of a cute pig...
I also saw a new species I haven't seen before! The African Civet! My brother thought it looked like a raccoon, haha. Seeing one in person make we want them in game even more... They are really unique and I think their coloration is pretty.
Not the best pic I know...
Here is a better pic of a cute pig...
Its outside of Caldwell, Idaho (about half hour from Boise). Its called Babby Farms. Some of the enclosures are too small in my opinion... But, I can tell they care deeply for their animals. What's cool about it, if not controversial, is that you can get close to most of the animals. The binturongs, in particular, love interacting with visitors! They still come right up to the fence when they see visitors which is pretty cool. Not many people have been within a few feet of a binturong... Most of their hoof stock, which is mostly domestic, you can pet and feed. I think its over all a fun place and I would recommend buying a food cup...
Thanks! I just checked their website, unfortunately not so many information about their animals but interesting concept. Although I find it controversial that they apparently hand rear most of our their animals for the interactions...
Btw, I also checked the park on Zootierliste, they have some really cool and rare species. I realized though that neither the African civet nor the cape foxes are listed on ZTL yet. But I have an account, so I can add them. Do you know how many civets and cape foxes they have?
Do you mind checking their species list on ZTL (https://zootierliste.de/en/map.php?showzoo=10007548)? Maybe there are more species that are not listed yet.
Btw, I also checked the park on Zootierliste, they have some really cool and rare species. I realized though that neither the African civet nor the cape foxes are listed on ZTL yet. But I have an account, so I can add them. Do you know how many civets and cape foxes they have?
Do you mind checking their species list on ZTL (https://zootierliste.de/en/map.php?showzoo=10007548)? Maybe there are more species that are not listed yet.
They have two Cape Foxes, a male and a female. I don't know how many African Civet(s) they have though... They also have Egyptian Fruit Bat and Plantain Squirrel. 
That's kind of sad about the hand rearing, I think that's very controversial too.
I almost forgot about the two Red Foxes, gender unknown...
That's kind of sad about the hand rearing, I think that's very controversial too.
I almost forgot about the two Red Foxes, gender unknown...
I also wonder if any of their species are misidentified? Plantain Squirrels are rare in their actual native range let alone a random place in Idaho...
Could be the case, yes. Is not uncommon in those more roadside like zoos. The squirrels could be right though, AFAIK there is a population of them in private collections, so maybe they got them from a private holder. Have you seen them and maybe even got some pictures?
Also, I just noticed that the cape fox is kept in only two African zoos. Are you sure those are cape foxes? Looking at the picture again, it could also be a swift fox. I would doubt the cape fox a bit more than the squirrel tbh.
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No, I'm not sure. They could have been mislabeled. I looked at pics of the Swift Fox and the Cape Fox and I agree with you that Swift is a possibility. The eyes of their foxes look a little like Cape Fox but everything else, from the build to their color looks more like a Swift Fox...
So, I guess the moral of the story is, UNLESS a zoo's accredited don't take their species identifications as necessarily truth...
Here are pics of the adorable Squirrels! The first one is part of a screenshot of the video I took.
Thanks! I'm not an expert of squirrels (damn, I ALWAYS spell this word wrong - squirell - at first haha) but looks indeed like plantain squirrels, at least comparing pictures on Google.
About the fox, I don't know. What I will do is adding them as cape foxes (because the zoo labeled them as such and we can't clearly exclude cape fox) but also mark it as doubtful and hoping for someone else to solve this riddle
About the fox, I don't know. What I will do is adding them as cape foxes (because the zoo labeled them as such and we can't clearly exclude cape fox) but also mark it as doubtful and hoping for someone else to solve this riddle
A best-of of my animals pics from my visit to Lisbon Zoo four weeks ago. Like I've mentioned earlier I was not lucky with the Iberian lynx, this was quite unfortunate. But it was super hot (35°C), so I kind of expected not to see much. All cats were sleeping in the shadow or not even showing like the lynx.
I was lucky though with another very rare animal - the black-checked red-tail monkey. This certain subspecies of the red-tail monkey (also known as white-nosed monkey) is only kept in four zoos worldwide (all of them in Europe and two of these are in Portugal).
This was cool - a bird show with a ground hornbill, amongst others, presenting how they hunt snakes.
Some more birds
Reptiles
And mammals
I was lucky though with another very rare animal - the black-checked red-tail monkey. This certain subspecies of the red-tail monkey (also known as white-nosed monkey) is only kept in four zoos worldwide (all of them in Europe and two of these are in Portugal).
This was cool - a bird show with a ground hornbill, amongst others, presenting how they hunt snakes.
Some more birds
Reptiles
And mammals